RIGHT NOW... MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE ON THEIR WAY TO SIERRA COUNTY THE HEAVY RAINS CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING ... ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER IS IN LAS PALOMAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING WASHED OUT BY THESE RAINS HE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE.. right behind me, this is a cellar. It is completely washed out. Maybe six feet deep of water. This is the scene a lot of people are coming home to right now COLENE FIELDS IS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. well, woo who. Not bad HER FRONT YARD IS A SMALL POND. BUT THE INSIDE OF HER HOME IS MOSTLY DRY. AND ALL HER GOATS, CHICKENS AND DOGS ARE OKAY. BUT ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT SEIRRA COUNTY, ROADS ARE WASHED OUT. RIVERS ARE ROARING AND PEOPLE ARE STRANDED. THE RAINS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY HERE. THEY STARTED AT MIDNIGHT AND HAVEN'T STOPPED SINCE. this is a lot better than what I was expecting. I'm really happy. NOW FOR COLENE FIELDS AND OTHERS WHO'VE MADE IT THROUGH THIS BATCH OF STORMS THERE'S JUST ONE THING LEFT TO DO. cleanup, put it back together, you back PICKING UP THE PIECES MOTHER NATURE TRIED TO WASH AWAY. the t or c civic center is being used right now as a shelter for anyone displaced by the storm. The red cross says it will remain open as needed. Reporting in las palomas, mike spirnger koat action 7 news 26 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARE ON THEIR WAY TO T OR C. THEY'LL